This through plate girder bridge carries the Mid-Continent Railway Museum tracks over the Baraboo River near North Freedom

North Freedom, Sauk County, Wisconsin

Owner: Mid-Continent Railway Museum

Status: In Use

Built 1929 and 2018

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 84' through plate girder and 2-45' steel stringers

Through plate girder bridge over Baraboo River

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This large deck truss and deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Lake Wisconsin (Wisconsin River) in Merrimac and has seen numerous alterations over the years

Merrimac, Sauk County, Wisconsin to Okee, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Owner: State of Wisconsin (Operated by Wisconsin & Southern Railroad)

Status: In Use

Built 1895 and 1930; reconstructed 1930 and 2023-24

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: Double intersection warren deck truss and deck plate girder

Double intersection Warren deck truss and deck plate girder bridge over Lake Wisconsin (Wisconsin River)

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This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the Baraboo River in Reedsburg

Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin

Owner: State of Wisconsin (Operated by Wisconsin & Southern Railroad)

Status: In Use and Open to Pedestrians

Built 1898

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 3-75' deck plate girders

Deck plate girder bridge over Baraboo River

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This Pratt through truss bridge once carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) Prairie du Sac Branch over the east channel of the Wisconsin River at Sauk City

Sauk City, Dane County, Wisconsin to Sauk City, Sauk County, Wisconsin

Owner: Dane and Sauk Counties

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1910 using spans fabricated 1891 and 1892

by

Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design: 2-147' Pratt through trusses, 2-45' through plate girders and timber pile trestle

Pratt through truss bridge over east channel of Wisconsin River

Significance:

This unique pony truss and through girder bridge once carried the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) Prairie du Sac Branch over the Wisconsin River at Sauk City

Sauk City, Sauk County, Wisconsin

Owner: State of Wisconsin

Status: Replaced By a New Pedestrian Bridge

Built 1910 and 1943 using spans fabricated 1892, 1897 and c. 1899

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Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design: 123' through plate girder swing span, 1-112' and 1-98' Pratt pony trusses and 2-55' through plate girders

Pratt pony truss and through plate girder bridge over Wisconsin River

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